Reduction of oxysterol levels up-regulates HMG-CoA reductase activity in rat liver

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Tamasawa, Naoki ^a   Hayakari, Makoto ^a   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Matsui, Jun ^a   Suda, Toshihiro ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT); HMG CoA reductase; Ketoconazole; Oxysterols

Indexed keywords

BUTYLCRESOL; CLOFIBRATE; CYTOCHROME P450; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; KETOCHOLESTEROLS; KETOCONAZOLE; LIVER; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, STEROID; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030919602     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(97)00055-5     Document Type: Article

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